Yesterday we published 116 pages of declassified documents relating to a 1950s military effort to build a flying saucer. Here are some of the most telling pages from that trove of Cold War files.

Saucer Full of Secrets: Pics From Declassified Military Docs

Saucer Full of Secrets: Pics From Declassified Military Docs

To fully appreciate these documents, consider their era. Possessing these documents without authorization would violate the national security laws of two nations: Canada (where it was built) and the United States (who footed the bill). Back then there was a possible saucer gap, and the Cold War solidified the American posture of secrecy that started in World War II. There are tens of millions of classified documents still out there that could be released.